Malcolm Gladwell

Despite lockouts, replacement referees, and a lawsuit to settle brain trauma-related lawsuits, America's passion for football remains in play. We continues our series Rethink 2014 with America's beloved pastime, football. We begin at the college level, where many professional football careers begin. Critics charge that that the danger and violence inherent to the game have no place in academic institutions. NPR's program Intelligence Squared U.S.